# Disturb us, Lord

Language: en  
Author: \~Sir Frances Drake 1577  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2013, Number 2  
Source pages: 16  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/disturb-us-lord/>
Original PDF: 2013\-03\-Remnant\(1\)\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2013](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2013-03/>)

**Disturb us, Lord,** when  
 we are too well pleased with ourselves;  
 When our dreams have come true  
 Because we have dreamed too little;  
 When we arrived safely  
 Because we sailed too close to the shore\.  
 Disturb us, Lord, when  
 With the abundance of things we possess  
 We have lost our thirst  
 For the waters of life;  
 Having fallen in love with life,  
 We have ceased to dream of eternity;  
 And in our efforts to build a new earth,  
 We have allowed our vision  
 Of the new heaven to dim\.  
 Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,  
 To venture on wider seas  
 Where storms will show your mastery;  
 Where losing sight of land,  
 We shall find the stars\.

We ask You to push back  
 The horizons of our hopes;  
 And to push into the future  
 In strength, courage, hope, and love\.

\~Sir Frances Drake 1577